Key Factors to a Successful PoA

UNFCCC Requirements
Procedures for PoA
CDM REGISTRATION FRAMEWORK

PROJECT
IMPLEMENTATIO
N
(1 Year)
 TRADITIONAL CDM vs PoA

Single project Many projects

To cover the to cover the
whole entire
emission emission
target target
IMPORTANT! Any entity that in PoA that closes will invalidate the whole projec
PoA
Potentials of PoA
 Opportunities exist for institutions that have an
interest in and the capacity to set up programmes
for a wide range of participants.
 Transaction costs is spread among small and
dispersed projects w/ low ERs to achieve economies
of scale and reach diverse stakeholders and types of
activities that are too small to be stand-alone
projects
 Promote SD growth path by accelerating climate
policy implementation and simultaneously promote
climate-friendly technologies
 Institutional
arrangements
Investments
Investments
HOW TO PREPARE PoA
(UNFCC)
PoA Entities:
(TO BE IDENTIFIED)
CDM-POA-Design Document
CDM PoA-DD: What?
 sets
the framework for the PoA
implementation, and

 defining a CDM programme

activity (CPA) under the PoA
 What goes into PoA-DD?
1. ID of CE, Host Party(ies) and PoA participants

2. Boundary in terms of a geographical area

3. Policy/measure or goal that it seeks to

promote

4. Confirmation that proposed PoA is a voluntary

action by CE
 A must for CDM PoA-DD:
5. Demonstrate GHG reduction due to the
project (Additionality)
Demonstration that in the absence of the
CDM:
1. proposed voluntary measure would not be
implemented
2. mandatory policy/regulation would be
systematically not enforced and that non-
compliance with those requirements is
widespread
3. PoA will lead to a greater level of enforcement
of the existing mandatory policy regulation
What goes into PoA-DD?
6. Description of a typical CPA in the PoA

Typical PoA CPA

1. technology or measures to be used

2. selection of 1 or combination of approved

baseline and monitoring methodology(ies)

3. application of the methodology(ies)

selected
What goes into PoA-DD?
7. Definition of eligibility criteria for
project activity as a CPA:

7. criteria for demonstration of

additionality of the CPA, and
8. type and extent of information (e.g.
criteria, indicators, variables,
parameters or measurements) that
shall be provided by each CPA in
order to ensure its eligibility;
What goes into PoA-DD?
8. Starting date and length of the PoA not
exceeding 28 years (60 years for A/R);

9. Description of the operational and management

arrangements established by CE, including
 record keeping system for each CPA and
 provisions that CPA operators have agreed that
their activity is being subscribed to the PoA
What goes into PoA-DD?
10. Description of a monitoring plan for
a CPA,
 in accordance with the approved
monitoring methodology, and
 identification of the monitoring
provisions and data parameters
a CPA has to apply/monitor
What goes into PoA-DD?
11.Description of the proposed
statistically sound sampling
method/procedure
- to be used for verification of the
amount of emission reductions
achieved by CPAs
What goes into PoA-DD?
12. Environmental analysis of the PoA as per
requirements of the CDM modalities and
procedures.

If this analysis is not undertaken for the PoA

but is to be done at the CPA level this shall be
described and reflected in the CDM-POA-DD
and the CDM-CPA-DD;
What goes into PoA-DD?
13. If comments by local stakeholders were
invited with regard to the total PoA,
information on how comments by local
stakeholders were invited, a summary of the
comments received and how due account was
taken of any comments received.
If such comments are to be sought at the CPA
level this shall be described and reflected in
the CDM-POA-DD and the CDM-CPA-DD;
What goes into PoA-DD?
14. In case public funding is used a confirmation
that official development assistance is not
being diverted to the implementation of the
PoA
CDM Programme Activity
(CPA)
CPA Definition:
 project activity under a
programme of activities1
 single, or set of interrelated
measure (s),
 within a designated area
 defined in a baseline
methodology

(EB 32, Annex 38, page 1)

1 Local/regional/national policies or
standards cannot be considered as
CDM project activities, but can be
registered as a single PoA project
activity
What goes into CPA-DD?
1. Geographic reference or other means of
identification,
Name/contact details of the entity/individual
responsible for the operation of the CPA;

2. The Host Party;

3. Starting date, type (fixed or renewable) and

duration of the crediting period of the CPA
What goes into CPA-DD?
4. Confirmation that the start date of any CPA is
not before the start of validation of the
programme of activities

5. Information for use by each CPA:

i) Fulfilling the eligibility criteria specified in the
CDM-POA-DD, the demonstration of the
additionality of the CPA;
(ii) Calculations of baseline emissions and
estimated emission reductions by sources or
removal by sinks.
Combining GHG Mitigation Opportunities
Examples of Projects
Examples of Projects: India
Key Considerations to a Good PoA
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